Trace metal requirements for microbial enzymes involved in the production and consumption of methane and nitrous oxide

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue FEB, 2012, Pages

  Glass, Jennifer B ^a   Orphan, Victoria J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzymes; Metals; Methane; Microbes; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865993343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00061     Document Type: Article

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